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Charlotte Bottomley, who is the owner of The Little Vegan Market spoke to Gary Philipson on BBC Tees on Tuesday 19th March about the store expansion, which has seen them double in size. To find out about more about their expansion plans, take a look at our recent news story,...

Business is booming for Middlesbrough’s first vegan food store which is doubling in size less than a year after opening. The Little Vegan Market in Dundas Market has also been nominated for a prestigious national award. The business is run by Charlotte Bottomley and Matthew Wilson who say they are...

Florist Christine Fearon has launched her business – Made with Love – at an appropriate and special
time. The shop’s opening in Middlesbrough’s Dundas Market coincided with the date of her late mum’s
birthday, as well as the start of the build up to Mother’s Day.

Tattoo artist Byron Pearman has more reason than most to hope Middlesbrough Football Club are promoted back to the Premier League this season. The last promotion brought a queue of fans wanting permanent “Up the Boro” mementoes. This time – with the opening of his own shop in the town’s Dundas Market – Byron sees success for the team as a handy kick-start for his new business, Beardy Giant Tattoos.

Middlesbrough’s Live Well Centre is set to expand by more than 50%, in a £1 million investment to further boost the provision of health and wellbeing services for the town’s residents, with the acquisition of two further floors at Dundas House in Middlesbrough town centre.

Middlesbrough’s Dundas Market is looking for new and established independent retailers to join its shopping success story. In contrast to a number of big name retailers, business is going from strength to strength for the community of independent traders at the town’s only indoor market.

It’s all about customer service, experience, promotion and adapting to new trends and markets, if you want to succeed as an independent retailer in 2019 and beyond, according the manager of one of the region’s most successful indoor markets.

Dundas Shopping Centre and Middlesbrough Council’s Live Well Centre, based in Dundas House, have produced a video showing how to buy value for money ingredients and cook a traditional set piece Christmas Day meal - and a vegan alternative - for eight people for less than £5 per person.

Middlesbrough’s Dundas Shopping Centre for Christmas, re-starting a thirty year old tradition. Traidcraft has opened every year during the festive period since 1985 in different retail units in Middlesbrough town centre. It is a Fairtrade business which trades with a bias to the poor and enables producers to receive a proper return for their skill and hard work.